Employees Announced Lagos achievement in working mills or mines were evaluated previous best record It was for this

6520829 consecutive manhours without and of that number only 390 receiv improvement that the awara was

a lost time accident has been recognized ed Awards of Honor Thirteen ot made
whose total service exceeds 115 years leave their
Five employees by the National Safety those were in the petroleum industry The Award of Honor which will
include in order of service E M Wade assistant
jobs this month They Council with the presentation of the It is the eighth such award Lago be on display in the GOB has no

division superintendent Process Utilities James Armstrong utilities Councils Award of Honor to the has won connection with the continuing National

man Process; F P E Mimie pipefitter Mechanical Pipe and W W The last figures on National Safety Lagos employees worked from Dec In the latest standings Lago stood

Hensley zone foreman Mechanical- Council Awards for 1956 showed 8 1956 to June 5 of this year ex behind Standard Oil Co Ohio

Machinist the Pan American Petroleum and that 6588 units companies plants ceeding by nearly two million the with a frequency rate of 026

Mr Wade was first employed by
and the Stan
Transport Company
the Mexican Petroleum Corporation dard Shipping Company At Lago he To 340000 Barrels Lago Ta Gana
in January 1925 and came to Lago
worked as operator in Process-Utilities
in December 192S as machinist in until October 1941 when he was Premio di Honor
Process Utilities In February 1929
foreman He became assistant
made shift Crude Runs
Reduces
Iid was made powerhouse operator Lago
general foreman in August For di NSC
1943 and Utilities foreman in September

1948 His total service is 26 In Face of World Over E acomplecimento di Lago tra

years 9 months hando 6520829 ora consecutivo sin

Mr Huising who will retire with ningun desgracia cu perdida di tempo

just short of 24 years of service was Supply Result of Suez a worde reconoci door di Consejo

first employed in September 1933 Nacional di Seguridad cu presenta

as operator fourth class By July A world wide over supply of crude and refined products has brought cion di Premio di e Consejo na compania

1937 he was mads assistant operator about the reduction of Lago crude runs For the first seven months
and operator in January 1944 Mr E ultimo cifranan tocante
of this of 445000 barrels La premio
year an average a day was run through
Huising became rcUef foreman in go stills a figure which during August was lowered to 400000 barrels nan di Consejo Nacional di Seguri
November 1955 and assistant shift
dad 1956 ta munstra 6588 uni
In have been set still lower at pa cu
of this a day September programmed runs
foreman in May year dad compania planta fabrica of
H Huising E M Wade Mr Mimies Lago career of over 340000 barrels a day Idled during
mina a worde evalua y cu di e
1 i 16 has been in this low period will be a substantial
entirely
years spent went all out to protect Western cantidad aki solamente 390 a reci
for brief amount of the refinerys total capacity
Mechanical
Pipe save a Europes oil supply No one knew bi premio di honor Diez tres di nan
in Maintainance He of 440000 barrels a day
period Colony how long the canal would block oil tabata den industria petrolero
began work in March 1938 as pipefitter Coupled with this are cutbacks in
movements and in the presence of E ta di ocho di tal premio cu Lago
helper B and rose through the jet and fuel oil orders by the United
ta
this uncertainty there was an overcorrection gana
various levels He was made pipe States Armed Forces brought about
More oil was supplied to Estableciendo e record nobo aki
fitter A in November 1947 Mr Mimie by recent drastic reductions in U S
Europe than was needed as things empleadonan di Lago a traha for
is a native of Surinam and will defense spending
developed However petroleum experts di Dec 8 1956 te Juni di e anja aki
live there in his retirement
Industry Wide indicate that an over supply pasando e record anterior pa mas
Mr Hensley started his Lago career
situation was in the making regardless cu dos milion ora Ta pa e actuacion
in Process Utilities in December Lago spokesmen indicate that this
of the Suez affair The aki e premio a worde duna
1942 as operator later becoming slump is by no means confined to
blocking of the canal merely staved E Premio di Honor cual lo worde
J A W sub foreman Moving to Mechanical this company but is industry wide
Armstrong Hensley off and eventually made worse a colga den Oficina Major no tin co
Foundry in August 1943 he became and world wide in scope Because of
normal downtrend in world market neccion cu e continuo concurso di
and worked later as assistant general trades foreman and in April 1946 Lagos unique position as a swing
outlets seguridad di Consejo Nacional di
foreman He was made Utilities transferred to Mechanical Machinist refinery however market fluctua

foreman in September 1948 and promoted as zone foreman He has just over tions are felt more sharply here Mid East Oil Seguridad Den e ultimo anotacion

to assistant division superintendent 15 years of service in this instance a pieliminary cutback Lago tabata na segunda lugar tras
Mid East oil is a major factor in di Standard Oil Co Ohio
cu un
in December 1953 He has Mr Mimies effective date of retirement of over 100000 barrels a day
the problem Production there re frecuencia di 026 Esun
nearly 33 of service 1 that of Messrs mas adilan
years was Sept ; from the first seven month average
Before coming to Lago in May Armstrong and Huising is Nov 1 In essence the problem was not mains high but its market outlets ti tabata 000

1934 Mr Armstrong worked for and of Mr Wade and Mr Hensley unforeseen At the height of the are greatly reduced At the same Promer cu nan a establece e record

Pan American Petroleum Company Jan 1 1958 Suez crisis a year ago the industry time that oil is in over supply there nobo Lago su record di segu
is also an over abundance of available ridad mas bon tabata 4708631

ships Construction of ships and

Wever Honored for 30 Years of Lago Service the production of crude oil now ap Lago Ta Reduci

pear to have run well ahead of the Refinacion di Crudo

demand Many of the less economical

Luciano Wever completing 30 ships are being laid up Den September
The recent limitations put on oil
years of company service last month Un abundancia grandi di crudo
United States
the
imports by
government
was presented his 30 certificate
year
refina
y productonan den henter
is not a cause of over-supply
and emblem
by General Manager
mundo a causa reduccion di refi
W A rather it is another indication
Murray nacionnan di crudo Pa
na Lago
of the problem of over supply
Present for the ceremonies in the e promer siete luna di e anja aki

G Ernesti and Division dia a worde corri door di stillnan di
and oil
While Lago the industry
Superintendent G B Mathews as Lago un cifra cual durante Augus
at large are not too pessimistic
well as General Foreman T O Lucas about the situation the immediate tus a worde rebahd te 400000 bar

and a number of Mr Wevers ril pa dia Na September e corrida
prospects are not encouraging
friends in the di crudo worde
Garage a poni ainda mas
Crude runs are being cut and are
Mr Wever first joined the compa expected to remain at a low level abao na 340000 barril pa dia Durante

ny in July 1926 in the Dry Dock at a time when normally they begin e periodo di depresion aki un

He worked later in the pressure to increase with the approach of parti substancial di e capacidad to
stills tal di refinacion di 440000 barril pa
and transferred in January the winter season

1932 to Mechanical Department Yard Lagos position at the moment is dia lo mester worde para

He moved to the Garage in August uncertain No one is willing to predict Hunto cu esakl a bini reduccion

JL 1946 His present position is foreman how long this down period tambe den pedidanan pa jet y fuel
A \ will last oil for di Fuerzanan Armada di Es

CYI Program
PUBLISHED EVERY OTHER SATURDAY AT ARUBA NETHERLANDS
ANTILLES BY LAGO OIL & TRANSPORT CO LTD
Proof positive that
Printed by the Aruba Drukkerij NV Neth Ant Lago employ
ees are thinking in terms of safety

and safe working conditions is found

Cinco Ma in an analysis of the report of the
Empleacl Coin Your Ideas Committee covering

awards in July

Eighty five ideas were adopted
Ta Bat Pension
cm and the suggesters paid awards In

to a cut a place for themselves in a competitive world through their Henry Bernice Philips and Raphael ship Foundation ta mirando mien
tras cuatro candidato ta firma
own ambition have been helped by financial grants from the newly Campbell
Miss Finley the daughter of Clarence papelnan aceptando e subsidio
established Foundation
F Finley Mechanical-Electric
Grant recipients their schools and
Marcelino Kock a Mulo graduate al will study nursing at Gemeente
courses of study are
of and an employee in the Executive ziekenhuis Rotterdam Miss Oosthui
Indrani Beharry Lall daughter
Office will study pre engineering in zen will study teaching at Kweek
Moharry Berharry Lall of Mechanical
Peacham Academy Peacham Vermont school de Klokkenberg in Nijmegen
Administration will study optometry
Holland She is the daughter of Emile
in Christian Huygensschool
Alfonso Stcenen a member of the H Oosthuizen Porcess Utilities
in Rotterdam
1952 class of the LVS has been Miss Henry has left to take up
Angel Britten will study pre-en-gineering
working in TSD Engineering He the study of nursing in St Joseph
in Marianapolis Preparatory
School Thompson Connecticut will study electrical engineering at Hospital Venlo Holland Her father
Alexander Hoo Watkinson School Hartford Connecticut is Melon Henry Mechanical-Carpenter
Vocational
A member of the Lago
Miss Philips whose father Gus
Schools Class of 1952 he was working
until his Rosindo Geerman who will take to L Phillips is in the Lago Police
in TSD Engineering
will at R K Kkeek
study teaching
scholarship grant a pre engineering course at Peacham
Peacham Vermont school Reuver Holland
Academy is the
Edwin Supriana will attend Kansas
of Peter Mr Campbell is studyng mechanical
State College Manhattan Kan son A N Geerman who retired
in engineering at Hogcrc Techni
sas to study architectural engineer February 1955 as subfore
in the Marine sche School Dordrecht Holland He
man Department He
ing He worked in TSD engineering
Alexander Hoo a Mulo graduate had over 20 years of service at the is the son of Alfred B Campbell of
time TSD Engineering
will attend St Leo Preparatory Earn E Hicks
School St Leo Florida He plans to Others who were awarded scholarships The names of others who have received

study chemical engineering His Lago have already left for their Lago Scholarship Foundation

job was in the Executive Office destinations These include Muriel grants will be announced later

To be a harbor pilot a good hout lieutenant harbormaster typical a ship never supersedes the authority
harbor pilot that is a man must of the Dutch pilots knows the of the captain By unspoken agreement
have eyes like a hawk the touch in conditions of San Nicolas haibor as developed over the years in
his hands of a concert pianist and well as he knows the strings of the ports all over the world the captain
reflexes like Floyd Patterson He guitar he taught himself to play turns the operation of the ship over
must endure riding in tiny pilot boats There are some fairly complicated to the pilot He gives the orders
in calm weather and rough he must arrangements to be made before a commands crew tug and dockmen
bo nimble enough to climb none-to-stable pilot ever sets foot aboard ship The being in full charge of the operation J frrr Txttm tFsJ
rope ladders dangling from Marina Department acts as a sort But the law specifies that the captain
the side of a pitching ship and he of clearing house of information be is responsible for the safety of
must know the tricks of water and ing notified when the ship is ready his ship at all times and is accountable
wind in a narrow harbor And he to move in the case of outbound to the ships owners and to the
must be a man of the sea vessels and when she is ready to insurance company The captain may
Six such paragons are found in come in in tho case of inbound ships at any time he feels the ship to be
the Government Pilot Office near The tower will then pass on the word endangered relieve the pilot and resume
Lagos Marine Department Their to the tug or tugs involved and personal control
function is to fulfill the law that summon a pilot The six pilots used That kind of thing seldom hap
says every ship coming into the har here are on staggered schedules pens according to Mr Berkhout
bor must carry a pilot The only eight hours on eight hours off eight who as ship master and pilot both mmHHKSRH ?i iir ~1 1 SPhn . SA mm~ --^> .. -~ J
class now excepted is Dutch naval hours on eight hours off eight hours has had plenty of experience It was
vessels but more often than not on 16 hours off eight hours on in 1943 while in his early 30s that
each Dutch war ship asks for a pilot eight hours off eight hours on eight he became a master some 15 years
too A pilot aboard an incoming hours off eight hours on 48 hours off he first went to sea At that time
ship acts almost as the harbors host The most night duty they get is 192S he became a cadet with the
because he brings the ship in and about 10 nights a month While on Royal Netherlands Steamship Com
takes it to dock He escorts a depart duty a pilot is allowed 15 minutes to pany a post equivalent to able seaman
ing ship as far as the door so to report after being notified In the
speak then returns via pilot boat daytime it usually runs less During For a year he lived in Curacao
to his office The need for a pilot is the day pilots generally stay around and returned to Holland in June of
A BUSY harbor forms backdrop tiny pilot boat UN HAAF
based the the at 1939 He married the next a as a
on common sense assumption pilots building night they was year
that few ships captains however can remain at home But in every and then pulled out on what was in scurries out to meet an incoming ship Every ship enter- chikito di
competent can remember the case they stay by a telephone tended to be a six week cruise He ine the harbor must carry a pilot except Dutch navy drenta Cac
conditions of current and topography Contrary to what seems to be didnt get back until 1946 In between ships
of every port he visits Jan Berk widespread opinion the pilot aboard a lot happened a war promotions
from second officer to first
officer then to master Shortly after
he left Holland a daughter was born
In 1940 his ship the Breda was
bombed and sunk off Scotland and
in 1942 his ship the Merope hit a
mine off Algiers and went down like
a rock Later that year Mr Berkhout
received from the hands of
Queen Wilhelmina herself the Bronze
Crocss for valor at sea
After the war he got a job as pilot
in Curacao and came to Aruba in
July 1948
All Aruba pilots like Mr Berkhout
have masters licenses After
accepting the job a new pilot is put
under the wing of an experienced
man and they work together Gradually
the new man learns the har
bor and its peculiarities as he works
in and out He learns for example
that the constant wind is a problem
especially when a ship is riding high
in the water More troublesome is the
current which Mr Berkhout says is
always unpredictable at the harbor
entranced He learns too that he keeps
in communication with tugs helping
PILOT BERKHOUT right calls orders to the helmsman a3 he cons the on a ship with whistles a police
ship into the harbor But the captain background still has complete mans whistle for the nearest tug
authority the ships whistle for the far He CREWMEN WATCH from the deck as Mr Berkhout scrambles up thj
learns the hand signals with which take over In ISovemder lyai ne Drougnt in 10 snips nis personal j
LOODS BERKHOUT banda drechi ta duna orden na e stuurman mien-
he works with the ships crew and TRIPULANTENAN TA mira for di dek mientras Sr Berkhout ta subi1
tras el ta maneja e bapor den haaf Pero e captan banda patras ainda
tin completo autoridad- Continued on page 8 pa tuma over Na November 195 el a drenta 167 bapor su record pi

AFTER EVERY job there has to be some work Mr
Berkhout
nage time of arrival paper reports ton ITS EASIER and quicker to board an outbound ship via pilot boat and ladder than
or departure and berth of each ship he works
going around on the dock

Controlled supervised play for the mlYtf sv rey
^^ ^ XfSmfi
youngsters and classes in aviation
auto mechanics first aid photogra
phy and riflery for the older youths
in Lago Colony formed the backbone
of the summer recreation program
there

Under the general direction of
Donald Lammers who was assisted
by several colony people the pro
gram offered something for every
body from kindergarten children to
high school seniors

Helping out Mr Lammers during
the two month program were Mrs
uammers who supervised garner
and taught dancing Misses Carol
Bond Nancy Carrell and Annette
Grcgcrsen who helped out at the
beach in swmming classes Miss
Peggy McReynolds who taught
home economics and Mr and Mro
William Hellwig who supervised
play and taught handicraft

bo ta bai awor Com grandi bo FELICIANA son Jaime Maximo Karel Instrument A 1955 lo studia electrical engineering dozens of his children but he writes to them regularly

vapor ta Kico e tripulacion ta August 13 na Howard University El tabata Lest he seem to be something he is not it should be explained quick

haci na lamar pa tene nan ocup rRANKEN daughter Telipe Glenda S Pangracia- Machinist A empled den Process Department ly that these children are pupils of school which have adopted

Bo a yega di pasa rond di mundo DEDIER Herbert A Mech Garage A promer cu el a recibi su beca Captain Meyer and his ship At re
Cuanto milla pa ora bo bapor ta daughter Doris Altagracia gular intervals he writes reports to
di den un August 15 Stephanus Niekoop kende tabata er can tell he is delighted with the
camna Bo a yega pasa
DIJKHOFF Roberto Accounting A them telling what he and his ship
Y traha den Accounting Department whole business And when he writes
lamar
tempestad grandi ariba daughter Helen Marianne are up to where they have been
BEUKENBOOM Canuto R LOF A son lo bai Holanda pa sigui su educa letters to his schools he doesnt
asina e preguntanan ta sigui mane Charles Cornelis what the countries are like they
ra hende por spera for di muchanan KOCK Francisco LOF A daughter cion El lo studia mechanical engin have visited and where they are spare the words One last year ran

Pa tende Captan Meyer conta to A daughter Hyacinth Eldica Loreto Kock un empleado di La The Adopt-A-Ship plan was first Captain Meyer is a good man to

cante su muchanan di cinco y di seis August 16 boratorio a registra na Illinois Institute the Womens teach children about the sea and
developed by Auxiliary
DE CUBA Victor Gen Serv A daugh
klas hende por mira cu el tin ma ter Gladys Maria of Technology Chicago Illinois of the Seamens Institute in New ships At 16 he signed aboard a four

sha tanto placer den e asunto aki BUCHANAN son Robert William Edward L TSD Eng A pa studia chemical engineer York which worked through various masted ship in his native Hamburg

Y ora el ta scirbi carta pa su school ROBERTS Arnett LOF A son Ted ing El ta un graduante di LVS shipping companies and educational In the next years he sailed in many

Tres A Recibi A daughter Glenda Filomena and Green Acres School Fort Mor war in the Pacific He now holds a
STATIA Inario J TSD Lab Twin Rosindo Geerman kende lo tuma masters license for ships of any
Colorado On the
gan seven seas
Oloshi pa Servicio daughters Mary August Jane 21& Rose Mary un curso den pre engineering na there can be no more enthusiastic tonnage on the sea and pilots license

Tres mas a worde agregd na e VLAUN Rosendo I Esso Dining Hall Peacham Academy Peacham Vermont correspondent than Captain Meyer for a number of US west coast
A son Theodore Edison ta yiu di Peter A N Geerman
lista creciente di di ports
empleadonan DUZ0N William T Mech Admin A If his young friends dont get something
Lago cu a completa 25 anja di service son William Alfredo kende a retira na Februari out of his long and informative

Acid & Edel y B F Werleman August 23 Otronan cu a worde otorgd beca of call How big is your ship of company service died Sept 1

Mechanical Yard WATKINS Clyde V Ind Rel A di estudio ya a sali pa nan destino A native of Aruba he is survived
daughter Vida Gwynneth What does the crew do at sea to
Olishinan pa servicio a worde pre August 24 Esakinan ta inclui Muriel Finley keep them busy Have you ever by his wife and two children and

enta na nan door di H Chippendale EVER0N Pedro Mech Welding A Cecilia Oosthuizen Catherine Henry been around the world How many by his parents
daughter Jolanda Beatrix
superintendente general interino WIIDH Erwin I Cracking A son Raphael Campbell y Bernice Philips knots an hour does your ship tra

In the past few weeks one of the tied for first Esso League Mechanical Den
e
| pasado algun simannan un
busiest spots on the island has been Administration and Storehouse di c sitionan
mas frecuenta ariba e
the ever popular Lago Sport Park tied for first Essolito League Electrical isla tabata e semper popular Lago

In a place that has so many sports Craft in first and Lago League Sport Park Den un lugar unda tin
the park has been able to cater to Yard in first asina
hopi
deporte e Park a logra
them all For example last week Out of the original field of 21 di acomoda tur Por ehemplo siman

there was a British Dutch cricket teams in the knockout football tournament pasa tabatin un wega di cricket en
match A few days before that play only six survived early this tre Holandes
mEkEBL afl fiy uHBhKlhHSBhhKv & HSHtjj wT i y Inglesnan Algun dla
in the parks knockout football tournament week These teams include Process promer cu esey e torneo di knockout